Turnbull of Thornton (Personal)
Bands: KRGYBW · Stripes: K R G LY DB W K R G LY DB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4164
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1996 — Turnbull of Thornton (Personal) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1996 — Turnbull of Thornton (Personal) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4164
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5087
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
K/12 R6 G60 Y20 DB60 W/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #D8B000 #D8B000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.06 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Carleton College Rugby — ΔT 0.83
- Sirens & Swords — ΔT 0.84
- Ayrshire (District) — ΔT 0.87
- Morris of Eddergoll (Personal) — ΔT 0.88
- Council of Scottish Clans & Ass. (Co — ΔT 0.93
- McCuaig (2010) (Name) — ΔT 0.95
- Green MacLeod — ΔT 0.98
- Macneil of Barra - Chief (Personal) — ΔT 1.00
- Unidentified (ex Tony Murray) — ΔT 1.01
- Porteous — ΔT 1.02
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14313 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
ID: /setts/s6/k6r3g30ly10db30w3~x2/